Grafrath: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

The surrounding area of Grafrath includes places such as Sankt Ottilien Abbey. You can rent a holiday apartment in Grafrath. The surrounding area also includes places such as the Burg ruin site. The wider region includes places such as Leutstetten Palace, a palace, and the Villa Rustica Leutstetten, an ancient site. The nearby area includes places such as Schloßberg, a hill; the surrounding area includes Aschberg, a mountain. The wider region also includes places such as Höllberg and Schönberg, both mountains.

Culture

Historically, the church in the Ampermoos and the reputation of Rasso’s grave as a place of miracles made Grafrath known throughout southern and eastern Bavaria as well as Tyrol.

History

The historic center of Grafrath developed before the breakthrough of the Amper; other parts of the settlement extend through the narrow valley and along the upper banks of the river.

Getting There

Grafrath is located near the Munich–Lindau motorway and on S-Bahn line 4 between Geltendorf and Munich.

Nature

Grafrath lies on the edge of the Ampermoos nature reserve. There, the waters of the Ammersee glacier breached a terminal moraine; later, the Amper cut deeply into it.

Further Insights

Grafrath has a long-standing pilgrimage tradition. Historically, pilgrimages were an important form of travel to Grafrath; during some periods, the number of pilgrims could reach 100,000 or more. This tradition therefore provides a specific point of interest for visitors interested in religious history.

Grafrath’s historical identity is connected with a pilgrimage church, a former Benedictine monastery, and the tomb of the locally venerated Saint Rasso.

Other Places

For further orientation: Gröbenzell, Maisach, Mammendorf, Olching, Egenhofen, Puchheim, Emmering, Alling.

For the overview of the higher-level destination: Fürstenfeldbruck.